Walter I de Clifford (1113–1190) was an Anglo-Norman marcher lord of Bronllys Castle on the Welsh border, and Clifford Castle (from the 1130s), in Herefordshire. He is now best known for his daughter, Rosamund Clifford, with Margaret de Toeni, daughter of Ralph de Toeni.
He was the son of Richard FitzPons and Matilda, who the sister of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford.
Walter's other children were:
- Walter II de Clifford
- Gilbert
- Richard
- Amicia, married Osbern fitz Hugh of Richards Castle
- Lucia, married Hugh de Say of Clun Castle
- Rosamund Clifford, known as "the fair Rosamund", the mistress of King Henry II.
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